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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 392▲ 118 vs year ago 222 · +53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 111▼ 11 vs year ago 56 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.46/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits −31.14 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$308.46
6 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.28
vs FL average
−31.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539308.461,6646thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
308.46
—
FL average3 barns · 18 hd
297.18
+11.28
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−31.42
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−31.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
426380333286median 339.6003/0306/1608/2510/0611/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $339.60 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,729177.643,0714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,261147.491,86010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100140.441,54513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,388139.951,9434thin

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1227453.53/cwt450.00–460.001,0303
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233403.71/cwt390.00–410.009413
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272416.87/cwt410.00–420.001,1343
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273450.46/cwt440.00–460.001,2306
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328378.04/cwt360.00–390.001,2407
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328360.36/cwt350.00–365.001,1823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370350.14/cwt345.00–355.001,2962
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373370.34/cwt360.00–380.001,3818
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425292.76/cwt285.00–300.001,2444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428350.42/cwt335.00–360.001,5005
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477258.57/cwt245.00–265.001,2336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480325.10/cwt320.00–335.001,5603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520325.14/cwt320.00–330.001,6914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578275.11/cwt270.00–280.001,5902
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220570.45/cwt560.00–580.001,2554
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270565.83/cwt550.00–580.001,5288
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273494.63/cwt440.00–520.001,3503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323487.63/cwt440.00–510.001,5753
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330466.14/cwt440.00–490.001,5388
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377397.26/cwt370.00–410.001,4983
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428400.58/cwt380.00–420.001,7144
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430364.14/cwt360.00–370.001,5665
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470360.21/cwt350.00–370.001,6934
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475355.11/cwt350.00–360.001,6872
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575335.26/cwt325.00–345.001,9286
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,729177.64/cwt170.00–180.003,0714
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100140.44/cwt137.00–144.001,54513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261147.49/cwt145.00–150.001,86010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388139.95/cwt138.00–142.001,9434

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.